Its story

HIP 86797 has a visual magnitude of about 7.95: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 86797: right ascension 17h 44m 10s, declination +0° 21′ 17″ (J2000), in the region of the Ophiuchus constellation (IAU figure Oph).

HIP 86797. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 86797, HD 161201, Gaia DR3 4372304680453661696. In the SkyKeepsake Ophiuchus (Oph) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.